EVE General Discussion

The format and schedule is already set for this year beyond the point where we can significantly alter it, however we'll take the feedback in this thread very much into consideration when we're planning AT XIV and other future tournaments.

There are also alternative arrangements being made for people to be able to watch the first weekend.

The decision to run three weekends with the first unbroadcast wasn't down to the tournament team this year, but thanks for the continued support of the Alliance Tournament, it's very much appreciated by all the guys who put in the long hours to make it happen.

Perhaps 1 PLEX to watch the AT.
2 PLEX for source 1080P.

Woot!

While this would be more aesthetic, it is much less user friendly, and even less legible. I like being able to tell how the match is going as a glance, and not have to pause and look closely at ships to figure it out. Fact is, the tournament is best viewed in a mostly text-interface based format. That's just because of the way eve works.

That would just kill it faster than CCP would otherwise be able to do.

Don't you mean AT VI?

Yeah, I sign too.

Never has there been so futile use of isk than in tournaments early rounds.

And I just love all those "blue and red dots flying around"-camera views too, so don´t bother yourselves too much with this, not hard.


EDIT: oh ok, next year then.

I would like to see all of the fights. The AT is a huge highlight for a lot of people (myself included).

The CREST data will be available as before.

http://www.null-sec.com will likely stream the matches live via CREST like last year, so each match can be followed. I hope they do anyway.

You can access the last two tournaments and watch the 3D replays through the link at top right of the homepage.

Honestly, I am very disappointed in the decision this year.

I do not want to post harsh criticism, but this was a poor decision. It seems to indicate a lack of confidence by CCP in its own product.

How long have all the matches been broadcast? Has it been since the first one? Why this change now? Why did you not think at all of your audience? Are you showing the broadcasts for the few who were actually consulted about this decision? It appears those few are the only ones whom CCP deemed mattered.

And all of us who pay to play, rather than get paid to make bad decisions, we now know how little we matter.

So you saved a little money.... Nice! What if a good number of us cancel just one account for a month to drive home that totally excluding your paying customers from decisions that change one of the truly big traditions in this game is not going to prove to be a rewarding one for CCP?

Edit: So the work has been done voluntarily, etc. WoW I am pleasantly surprised by the dedication of those volunteering, and even more disappointed in the company. Seems to me in my relatively short time here that the AT every year has been amazingly good advertising for the game, entertaining for the paying players, instructive to all who are involved in fleet pvp, and just a huge positive for the game. Something that could be so positively and productively used, instead being dismantled.